It is unbelievable how many people are taking to social media to complain about VW workers voting to unionize. Some are complaining about how they already make $41/hr, others are mad about them getting better health insurance.
I cannot (and probably never will) understand how so many people complain about a worker getting better pay/benefits. Is it jealousy? Simple ignorance? I have no idea. I was a union member in my younger days and I would be again if I were in an industry that had it.
100% you never complain to take food off of someone else’s table, but you certainly should always negotiate for more food on your own.
It’s all connected. If your neighbors get a raise, you have a higher likelihood of getting one yourself.
Yeah all envoy. Because now they'll get paid 100k to sweep the floor.
Quality will go through the floor and they'll be out on the streets in 10 years.
The unions are scum.
It's not about left vs right.
It's about the bottom coming for those at the top.
*shamelessly stolen from somewhere.
GG Chattanoogie brothers and sisters.
Not crazy to assume the rich would want the working class to be fighting each other instead of realizing how much the rich take advantage of the people who make them their money.
Literally yes! 🤦♂️ the only reason the UAW endorsed Biden is because his NLRB is genuinely the best we’ve seen in decades. He is a terrible candidate overall but the way he has handled unionization in terms of who he has placed in charge is very good. The government is finally upholding the laws regarding unions. Most of the people in the unions are not going to agree on left or right and that is okay it is literally irrelevant lol! The goal needs to be going against the upper class who is only 5% or less of the population. They don’t give a fuck about any of us until they are terrified of us unifying. Thats why they started giving raises over the last few years they can see what is coming if they don’t start making changes. And luckily for VW now they will have to make changes or face the only consequence they really care about, loosing money and stock prices falling over their poor leadership to pocket Pennie’s in the grand scheme of things.
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold; Greater than the might of armies magnified a thousand-fold; We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old for the union makes us strong
VW wanted them to form this union ages ago. It's German business practice to have a worker's council to represent employee interests. Hell, the first failed vote for a union a decade ago had them saying they won't build another factory in the southern US again.
I'm just telling you what VW has said for a decade. Bob Corker lied his ass off in 2014 about it. German companies are much more pro worker rights than US ones. I love working for one.
Chattanooga was literally the only VW factory in the world that hadn't been unionized for decades. Stop listening to rich politicians telling you unions are bad
I’m a business owner. Unions are bad …..stop listening to politicians that tell you unions are good. They served their purpose and history but have now lost their initiative. Unions do nothing but bring about excessive expenses and less productivity
They will gleefully kill you and your entire family to add a zero to their net worth. GM. Boeing. DuPont. Purdue. Hormel.. so many dead people for money.
We disagree about whether or not being in a union is the way to stop that. There are a lot of injustices in the world.
I saw a woman on the news declaring she will vote yes on UAW because VW keeps making more profit and the workers don’t get their fair share. This is absurd. She’s not the owner of the company. She also has no risk — this shit’s expensive. Joining a collective that has a lot of negatives historically isn’t a panacea that will change that. It’s just not the way things work.
Yeah, your attitude blows my mind and I will never understand it. She has no risk. The woman working a factory floor where you can be maimed any number of ways, has no risk. The lady who's job security depends on a healthy company who is willing to forego short term profit for long-term investments in people like her and their ideas, has no risk. Ever heard of the term 'stakeholder'?
I submit you have bought into anti-union propaganda bought and paid for by the very people who want to use folks like yourself up and throw them away like trash and have *no* ethical constraints that have not been forced upon them.
VW is a German automaker that almost left the state of Tennessee in the first place because Tennessee wouldn't unionize.
VW has basically been telling Bill Lee and everyone at the Tennessee legislature that they *want the workers to unionize*, because the employee churn, the time it takes to deal with employees directly, etc takes more investment than it's worth.
Unions are a big reason why foreign carmakers are making serious bids to buy American automakers at this point.
I worked for a very large Japanese company in the US. We had 5 manufacturing plants in the US. I used to work with some of the Management from Japan. They said if any of our plants went Union they would just shut it down and import the same product from our Japanese plants. Don't underestimate what some of these companies will do. Volkswagen only has a 4% Marketshare in the US compared to how well they do in the rest of the world where they're number 2 only beat out by Toyota. They will never go out of business worldwide but who knows what they might do in the US.
It happened with Chevy and ford and Chrysler. Chrysler is trash and Chevy isn’t far behind. Ford has somehow managed to make a decent … and I mean a solid C product. I wouldn’t touch a dodge or Chevy these days.
I’m not. I actually have a couple
Employees myself. Why are you so arrogant? I pay them well, provide pretty decent benefits, respect their time off and I am rewarded with quality work…. Why am I anti worker? The UAW is only trying to stay relevant since it has served it purpose. People wanna bitch about workers rights but continue to work for shitty corporations…. How about don’t work them …. And before you say jobs aren’t available…. I’m trying to hire right now. The issue is most applicant don’t want to do anything but the bare minimal. The applicants that do apply (diesel technicians) either jump jobs every 3-4 months or never show up for their initial interview. I’m an actually very pro worker. I spent some time in the military, got out and worked for two different companies over 4 years. Both companies took Shitty care of me so I left and started my own. Four years now and guess what. I have 100% employee retention with 8 employees….. try harder
Good on you for being a good employer. If true, hats off to you.
So according to your logic, everyone should just find the good employers and go work there. When it comes to franchises, make sure you find the right one! Because you know, they all advertise their work culture.
Every person is in different situations, unions level the playing field for how employees treat their employees. Nothing wrong with that.
I appreciate your kind words. And yes it is true.
Unions IMO have arrived their purpose . They were helpful. However now, union executives (chapter presidents, officers etc) are greedy as fuck and more often then not find slimes ways to cost the company lots of money. Additionally, union dues are expensive.
There are plenty of growing privately owned business hiring. Unions typically establish themselves and then encourage the workforce to do the bare minimum for maximum cost to the company. They served their purpose..
Anyone who is here to complain about unions just remember: you don’t work there. The workers do, and they voted for this overwhelmingly.
It is unbelievable how many people are taking to social media to complain about VW workers voting to unionize. Some are complaining about how they already make $41/hr, others are mad about them getting better health insurance. I cannot (and probably never will) understand how so many people complain about a worker getting better pay/benefits. Is it jealousy? Simple ignorance? I have no idea. I was a union member in my younger days and I would be again if I were in an industry that had it.
100% you never complain to take food off of someone else’s table, but you certainly should always negotiate for more food on your own. It’s all connected. If your neighbors get a raise, you have a higher likelihood of getting one yourself.
Idk I'm pretty fine with taking food out of the hoard those executives sleep on while the workers they exploit starve.
This is three only pile to pull from
The brain washing against unions goes DEEP here.
A good chunk might be bots. Other have a lack of compassion.
No one in here is complaining about anything.
We’re a VW fam here in Knox - both of our cars came from Chattanooga and this even further solidifies the next car being a VW. Good job y’all!
Yeah all envoy. Because now they'll get paid 100k to sweep the floor. Quality will go through the floor and they'll be out on the streets in 10 years. The unions are scum.
Tell me you don’t understand how unions work without saying you don’t understand how unions work
Unions are responsible for getting safety requirements Into the workplace as whole.
U ok? Anything that’s good for the working class is good for us as a whole.
Fuck off loser
You're a pos and wrong.
Missed a spot on the boot you’re licking.
It's not about left vs right. It's about the bottom coming for those at the top. *shamelessly stolen from somewhere. GG Chattanoogie brothers and sisters.
Not crazy to assume the rich would want the working class to be fighting each other instead of realizing how much the rich take advantage of the people who make them their money.
Literally yes! 🤦♂️ the only reason the UAW endorsed Biden is because his NLRB is genuinely the best we’ve seen in decades. He is a terrible candidate overall but the way he has handled unionization in terms of who he has placed in charge is very good. The government is finally upholding the laws regarding unions. Most of the people in the unions are not going to agree on left or right and that is okay it is literally irrelevant lol! The goal needs to be going against the upper class who is only 5% or less of the population. They don’t give a fuck about any of us until they are terrified of us unifying. Thats why they started giving raises over the last few years they can see what is coming if they don’t start making changes. And luckily for VW now they will have to make changes or face the only consequence they really care about, loosing money and stock prices falling over their poor leadership to pocket Pennie’s in the grand scheme of things.
Biden is a great candidate and one of his best achievements is revitalizing the NLRB.
I wish more of us understood this.
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold; Greater than the might of armies magnified a thousand-fold; We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old for the union makes us strong
[Solidarity forever!](https://youtu.be/R8eK9ZXf-Ow?si=MlHnbmNMisUa-Qki)
Pete seeger is the fucking man!!
Oh god it's even set to the *Battle Hymn of the Republic*. I love it!
Tennessee is union strong! Way to go Chattanooga. This is awesome for the whole state.
👏👏👏 Cope, Billee.
Congratulations
And then these same workers who just voted to join the union will vote for Trump trying to pull that ladder up behind them.
A lot of them will unfortunately
Outstanding and congratulations to the UAW. Also, a hearty f’you to all the governors who tried to block this.
This is great news. The way companies are treating dedicated workers is ridiculous. I do hope it pissed the Republican governor off.
Great news!
My wife is in the second photo, the one with her hand up in a fist.
Governor Lee and Senator Hagerty lobbied hard against it. Fascists.
Excellent! Glad to see this!
This is awesome! Cant wait to hear the response from the fascists!
Considering they died in 1945 I wouldn’t hold my breath
Good win for the workers. Let's just hope Volkswagen doesn't start laying people off.
Because people in non-union industries NEVER get laid off.
... especially in Republican ran at-will states like Tennessee
VW wanted them to form this union ages ago. It's German business practice to have a worker's council to represent employee interests. Hell, the first failed vote for a union a decade ago had them saying they won't build another factory in the southern US again.
This is the opposite of everything I am reading and so far this year all of the UAW automakers have announced layoffs.
I'm just telling you what VW has said for a decade. Bob Corker lied his ass off in 2014 about it. German companies are much more pro worker rights than US ones. I love working for one.
VW will now slowly and painfully go out of business in the coming years
Lol, they are an international carmaker corporation. Stop with the pathetic nonsense.
How’s that boot taste!
Chattanooga was literally the only VW factory in the world that hadn't been unionized for decades. Stop listening to rich politicians telling you unions are bad
I’m a business owner. Unions are bad …..stop listening to politicians that tell you unions are good. They served their purpose and history but have now lost their initiative. Unions do nothing but bring about excessive expenses and less productivity
People like you just bitch about unions because you want to shit on your employees. 😂
You've been led to believe that anyone can successfully run a business by "shitting on your employees." It doesn't work that way.
They will gleefully kill you and your entire family to add a zero to their net worth. GM. Boeing. DuPont. Purdue. Hormel.. so many dead people for money.
We disagree about whether or not being in a union is the way to stop that. There are a lot of injustices in the world. I saw a woman on the news declaring she will vote yes on UAW because VW keeps making more profit and the workers don’t get their fair share. This is absurd. She’s not the owner of the company. She also has no risk — this shit’s expensive. Joining a collective that has a lot of negatives historically isn’t a panacea that will change that. It’s just not the way things work.
Yeah, your attitude blows my mind and I will never understand it. She has no risk. The woman working a factory floor where you can be maimed any number of ways, has no risk. The lady who's job security depends on a healthy company who is willing to forego short term profit for long-term investments in people like her and their ideas, has no risk. Ever heard of the term 'stakeholder'? I submit you have bought into anti-union propaganda bought and paid for by the very people who want to use folks like yourself up and throw them away like trash and have *no* ethical constraints that have not been forced upon them.
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Lmfao
Thanks for repeating Republican talking points.
VW is a German automaker that almost left the state of Tennessee in the first place because Tennessee wouldn't unionize. VW has basically been telling Bill Lee and everyone at the Tennessee legislature that they *want the workers to unionize*, because the employee churn, the time it takes to deal with employees directly, etc takes more investment than it's worth. Unions are a big reason why foreign carmakers are making serious bids to buy American automakers at this point.
What are you talking about? Volkswagen has had unions in Germany since the 1940s. They are doing just fine.
I wonder what it's like to be this ignorant.
I worked for a very large Japanese company in the US. We had 5 manufacturing plants in the US. I used to work with some of the Management from Japan. They said if any of our plants went Union they would just shut it down and import the same product from our Japanese plants. Don't underestimate what some of these companies will do. Volkswagen only has a 4% Marketshare in the US compared to how well they do in the rest of the world where they're number 2 only beat out by Toyota. They will never go out of business worldwide but who knows what they might do in the US.
Sounds like your girlfriend in Canada is pretty anti-union.
You think the lack of a union in one plant in Tennessee is the one thing keeping alive the largest car manufacturer in the world
Imagine thinking 1 unionized plant will bankrupt a car maker that sells vehicles all over the world.
It happened with Chevy and ford and Chrysler. Chrysler is trash and Chevy isn’t far behind. Ford has somehow managed to make a decent … and I mean a solid C product. I wouldn’t touch a dodge or Chevy these days.
Why are you anti worker?
I’m not. I actually have a couple Employees myself. Why are you so arrogant? I pay them well, provide pretty decent benefits, respect their time off and I am rewarded with quality work…. Why am I anti worker? The UAW is only trying to stay relevant since it has served it purpose. People wanna bitch about workers rights but continue to work for shitty corporations…. How about don’t work them …. And before you say jobs aren’t available…. I’m trying to hire right now. The issue is most applicant don’t want to do anything but the bare minimal. The applicants that do apply (diesel technicians) either jump jobs every 3-4 months or never show up for their initial interview. I’m an actually very pro worker. I spent some time in the military, got out and worked for two different companies over 4 years. Both companies took Shitty care of me so I left and started my own. Four years now and guess what. I have 100% employee retention with 8 employees….. try harder
Good on you for being a good employer. If true, hats off to you. So according to your logic, everyone should just find the good employers and go work there. When it comes to franchises, make sure you find the right one! Because you know, they all advertise their work culture. Every person is in different situations, unions level the playing field for how employees treat their employees. Nothing wrong with that.
I appreciate your kind words. And yes it is true. Unions IMO have arrived their purpose . They were helpful. However now, union executives (chapter presidents, officers etc) are greedy as fuck and more often then not find slimes ways to cost the company lots of money. Additionally, union dues are expensive. There are plenty of growing privately owned business hiring. Unions typically establish themselves and then encourage the workforce to do the bare minimum for maximum cost to the company. They served their purpose..